The Wright Response
April 28, 2008
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose fiery sermons as Democrat Barack Obama’s former pastor set off a political firestorm last month, spoke publicly for the first time today. In the months prior, Rev. Wright has been heavily criticized by mainstream media and the ‘American’ public for being ‘un-American’ and somewhat discriminatory. Rev. Wright is a pastor in a Black Church, a church that continues to be the epicenter of black political thought from the post-reconstruction era to the present. The Black Church caters specifically to Black Americans, preaching religious views intertwined with the reality of the Black experience within this country.
Rev. Wright has simply been doing his job as a community leader, dispeller of truthful history, and a religious liaison to hundreds of church goers. Despite excelling at his position, Rev. Wright has been lambasted during the 2008 election mayhem for comments about the Iraq War, the current administration, and more. In his defense, Rev. Wright has stated that he feels ”crucified” by the media and that attacks on him are really slams on the black church.
“It is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright, it is an attack on the black church,” he said at a National Press Club appearance. “Maybe now we can begin to take steps to move the black religious tradition from the state of invisible to the state of invaluable.”
